Food is a vessel for history. Recipes carry the memory of cultures, the events that define their identities, the imprint of colonial entanglements, Indigenous knowledge, human ingenuity, and diasporic reinvention. From observing the cycle of seasons to religious festivals and historical remembrances – Chinese New Year, Christmas, Diwali, Eid al-Fitr, Fiestas Patrias, Jou Endepandans, Nochebuena, Passover, Semana Santa, and Thanksgiving – humans have always gathered, in abundance or austerity, to dine together. Food also accompanies the milestones of life, a central part of rituals that bring families together to mark birth, maturity, union, and death.